Estimate: | £500 - £800 |
Hammer price: | £300 |
CHINESE CERAMICS - Richard Lockhart HOBSON (1872-1941). Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain. [London: George W. Jones], 1931. Large 4to (318 x 250mm). Half title, title within decorative border printed in orange and black, coloured initials and some text leaves within decorative borders, 85 plates, some coloured. FINELY BOUND in full terracotta polished morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with Leonard Gow's armorial device stamped in gilt on the upper cover, the spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, original padded buckram book box. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY LEONARD GOW, this copy unnumbered.